xJust the basic chords of the song.
Capo 3rd fret
Standard Tuning
AmGCFAmGCFFG
The fountain was off.
CF
This is the first time I’ve been back to the city in months.
GC
I’m trying to hold it together but irony’s found cracks in the foundation.
FG
And you know,
C
I try so hard to be some great white hope
FGAmDFG
But I can’t shake the feeling that tonight I’m gonna end up shaking in bed
C
alone.
AmGC
I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid.
FAm
I had to take my own advice and I did.
GCF
Now I’m waiting for it to sink in.
AmGC
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall,
F
'Cause what I learned was
AmG
It’s not about forcing happiness;
CF
It’s about not letting the sadness win.
F...
FGCF
I don’t have roses in the closet
C
But I’ve got pictures in a drawer
F
It’s everything left in me
C
Not to stare at them anymore.
FC
I walked upstairs and shaved my beard.
F
I felt like I was holding sadness here
C
(I was holding sadness here)
FCFCAmGC
I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid.
FAm
I had to take my own advice and I did.
GCF
Now I’m waiting for it to sink in.
AmGC
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall,
F
'Cause what I learned was
AmG
It’s not about forcing happiness;
CF
It’s about not letting the sadness win.
FG
I don’t have roses in the closet
C
But I’ve got pictures in a drawer
FG
It’s everything left in me
C
Not to stare at them anymore.
AmGC
I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid.
FAm
I had to take my own advice and I did.
GC
I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid.
F
I had to take my own advice and I did.
FCGFCG